[driverloader] Re: driverloader Digest, Vol 10, Issue 26

Mon Jul 26 10:34:04 EDT 2004

Hi,

it is possible that the problem is related to a race condition issue. You have 
correctly inserted the lines at the end of the '/etc/rc.local' file.

Regards,

Jonathan
Technical specialist / Linuxant
www.linuxant.com
support at linuxant.com

Le 25 Juillet 2004 12:52, rf a écrit :
> Thanks for the reply Jonathan.  Modules.conf!  Totally forgot that one!
> D'oh!
>
> Here is modules.conf - driverloader alias was already there...
> probeall scsi_hostadapter usb-storage
> probeall usb-interface usb-uhci
> alias sound-slot-0 nm256_audio
> alias eth0 driverloader
>
> I added the lines to rc.local, but still got a 'loading etho failed'
> line in boot screen, but the card is actually up and running.
>
> My boot order seems to be ok - / mounted (/var in on this partition),
> then swap, local, then pcmcia, then network, then eth0.
> (by the way, it put the lines in rc.local after the last line in the
> file which was a "touch" command.  Should your additions go before?)
> --end of rc.local:
> touch /var/lock/subsys/local
>
> dldrstop
> modprobe driverloader
> ifup eth0
>
> Here is the boot.log after adding the above lines - something wrong with
> boot order that you can see?
>
> Jul 25 09:37:15 localhost rc.sysinit: Remounting root filesystem in
> read-write mode:  succeeded
> Jul 25 09:37:15 localhost rc.sysinit: Activating swap partitions:
> succeeded
> Jul 25 09:37:19 localhost fsck: /dev/hda8: clean, 7322/512000 files,
> 70996/1023994 blocks
> Jul 25 09:37:19 localhost rc.sysinit: Mounting local filesystems:
> succeeded
> Jul 25 09:37:19 localhost rc.sysinit: Mounting loopback filesystems:
> succeeded
> Jul 25 09:37:20 localhost loadkeys: Loading
> /usr/lib/kbd/keymaps/i386/qwerty/us.kmap.gz
> Jul 25 09:37:20 localhost keytable: Loading keymap: us succeeded
> Jul 25 09:37:20 localhost loadkeys: Loading
> /usr/lib/kbd/keymaps/include/compose.latin.inc.gz
> Jul 25 09:37:20 localhost keytable: Loading compose keys:
> compose.latin.inc succeeded
> Jul 25 09:37:20 localhost keytable:  succeeded
> Jul 25 09:37:21 localhost rc.sysinit: Enabling swap space:  succeeded
> Jul 25 09:37:25 localhost mandrake_everytime: Starting netprofile:
> succeeded
> Jul 25 09:37:25 localhost pcmcia: Starting PCMCIA services:
> Jul 25 09:37:28 localhost pcmcia: cardmgr[929]: watching 2 sockets
> Jul 25 09:37:28 localhost pcmcia: done.
> Jul 25 09:37:28 localhost rc: Starting pcmcia:  succeeded
> Jul 25 09:37:35 localhost harddrake:  succeeded
> Jul 25 09:37:35 localhost network: Setting network parameters:
> succeeded
> Jul 25 09:37:36 localhost network: Bringing up loopback interface:
> succeeded
> Jul 25 09:37:37 localhost ifup: driverloader device eth0 does not seem
> to be present, delaying initialization.
> Jul 25 09:37:37 localhost network: Bringing up interface eth0:  failed
> Jul 25 09:37:37 localhost driverloader: Starting Linuxant DriverLoader
> Jul 25 09:37:37 localhost rc: Starting driverloader:  succeeded
>
> Well, at least it saves me from having to 'reload' from the DL config
> page.
>
> Thanks,
> Robert.
>
>
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> >    1. Re: MDK10 kernel 2.6.3-15mdk, Driverloader for same,	DWL-650
> >       rev M1 - nothing on boot (Linuxant Support (Jonathan))
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> > Message: 1
> > Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 10:38:04 -0400
> > From: "Linuxant Support (Jonathan)" <support at linuxant.com>
> > Subject: Re: [driverloader] MDK10 kernel 2.6.3-15mdk, Driverloader for
> > 	same,	DWL-650 rev M1 - nothing on boot
> > To: driverloader at lists.linuxant.com
> > Cc: rf <frosterrj at sbcglobal.net>
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> > Hi,
> >
> > the 'alias eth0 driverlader' line should be put in the
> > '/etc/modules.conf' file instead of the 'ifcfg-eth0' file. Normally this
> > line should be automatically added for you in the '/etc/modules.conf'
> > file.
> >
> > If you are using a CardBUS (32-bit PCMCIA) wireless adapter, please make
> > sure that the 'pcmcia' service is started before the 'network' service on
> > boot. You should also make sure that the partition holding the
> > '/var/lib/driverloader' directory is mounted before the 'network' service
> > is started.
> >
> > If the previous suggestions did not fix the problem, please try the
> > following workaround. Please add the following lines at the end of your
> > '/etc/rc.local' file :
> >
> > ---
> > dldrstop
> > modprobe driverloader
> > ifup eth0
> > ---
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> >
> > Jonathan
> > Technical specialist / Linuxant
> > www.linuxant.com
> > support at linuxant.com
> >
> > Le 24 Juillet 2004 21:31, rf a crit:
> > > Every time I boot pcmcia, lo come up ok, but eth0 fails, but
> > > driverloader is present in lsmod listing.  I have tried to put in alias
> > > eth0 driverloader in ifconig-eth0 script, but that just gets an error
> > > on boot - to the effect of no eth0 to alias driverloader or some such.
> > >
> > > After boot, I can go to config page, re-load the .inf .sys files (XP
> > > rtl8180 drivers) and the card comes up right away.
> > >
> > > What happens to the drivers I load after a re-boot?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Robert
> > >
> > > here's -dumdiag:
> >
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